Ming-Yi Tian

Ming-Yi Tian (M.Y. Tian), Entomologist, China.

• South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China

Taxon names authored

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• 201 taxon names authored by Ming-Yi Tian

Eponyms

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• 1 eponym of Ming-Yi Tian

Publications

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1999

• Deuve, T., Tian, M. & Ran, J. 1999. Trois Caraboidea remarquables de la réserve nationale de Maolan dans le Guizhou méridional, Chine (Coleoptera, Carabidae et Trechidae). Revue Française d'Entomologie (n.s.) 21(3): 131–138. Reference page. 

2000

• Tian, M.-Y., Deuve T. (2000) Contributions to the knowledge of the genus Orthogonius Macleay of China (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Orthogonini). Nouvelle Revue d’Entomologie, 17: 293–304.

2001

• Tian, M.-Y., Deuve T. (2001) Designation of the lectotypes of some Oriental Orthogonius species with description of one new species (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Revue Francaise d’Entomologie 23(3): 185–189.

2003

• Tian, M.-Y., Deuve T. (2003a) On Orthogonius inops Chaudoir, with descriptions of two new species from Sulawesi, Indonesia (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Orthogoniini). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 28(2): 272–274.
• Tian, M.-Y., Deuve T. (2003b) Descriptions of three new species of Orthogonius Macleay (Coleoptera, Caraboidea, Orthogoniini) from Singapore and Southern Thailand. Entomotaxonomia 25(1): 45–50.
• Tian, M.-Y., Deuve T. (2003c) New or little known species of the genus Orthogonius Macleay from Sri Lanka (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Orthogoniini). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 28(3): 506–509.

2004

• Tian, M.-Y., Deuve T. (2004) Descriptions of three new species of Orthogoniini (Coleoptera: Caraboidea) from Sumatra Island, Indonesia. Entomotaxonomia 26(1): 23–28.

2005

• Tian, M.-Y., Deuve T. (2005) Species of the genus Orthogonius Macleay (Coleoptera, Caraboidea) from Bhutan and Sikkim. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 30(3): 601–605.

2006

• Tian, M.-Y. & Deuve, T. 2006. Contribution to the knowledge of the tribe Orthogoniini of the Oriental region. 1. Coleoptera, Caraboidea. Coléoptères 12(8): 69–110.Reference page. 
• Tian, M.-Y. & Deuve, T. 2006. Contribution to the knowledge of the tribe Orthogoniini of the Oriental region. 2. Coleoptera, Caraboidea. Coléoptères. 12(9): 111–154.Reference page. 
• Tian, M.-Y., Deuve T. 2006: Neoorthogonius orientalis, new genus and new species of Orthogoniini (Coleoptera: Caraboidea) from India. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 60(2): 89–94.

2007

• Tian, M.-Y., Deuve T. (2007a) A taxonomic treatment of the species of Orthogonius Macleay (Coleoptera: Caraboidea: Orthogoniini) of Singapore. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 55(2): 261–266.
• Tian, M.-Y., Deuve T. (2007b) Designations of the lectotypes for Bates’s species of the genus Orthogonius Macleay (Coleoptera: Caraboidea: Orthogoniini), with descriptions of four new species from Bates’ Collection. Bulletin de l’institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Entomologie, 77: 235–241.

2008

• Tian, M.-Y. & Deuve T. 2008. Key to species of the genus Orthogonius Macleay of Cambodia, with descriptions of four new species (Coleoptera: Caraboidea: Orthogoniini). Bulletin de l’institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Entomologie 78: 215–220.
• Deuve, T. & Tian, M-Y. 2008. [Two new cave dwelling Trechidae from China (Coleoptera, Caraboidea).] Revue Française d'Entomologie (n.s.) 30(1): 27–32. Reference page. 

2009

• Jian, M-L. & Tian, M-Y. 2009. A review of the genus Tetragonoderus Dejean (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Cyclosomini) in China. Journal of the Entomological Research Society 11(2): 31–38. PDF download Reference page. 

2010

• Tian, M.-Y., Deuve T. (2010) A provisional species checklist of the Oriental Orthogoninae (Coleoptera: Caraboidea). Entomotaxonomia 32(Suppl.): 137–148.
• Zhao, D.-Y. & Tian, M.-Y. 2010. A review of the genus Macrocheilus Hope (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Helluonini) of China, with descriptions of seven new species. Polish Journal of Entomology 79(1): 3–23. PDF Reference page. 
• Deuve, T. & Tian, M.-Y. 2010. A new cavernicolous Uenotrechus in Guangxi, Chine (Coleoptera, Caraboidea, Trechidae). Revue Française d'Entomologie (n.s.) 32(1–2): 101–103. Reference page. 

2011

• Tian, M-Y. 2011. A new subgenus and two new species of the troglobitic genus Dongodytes Deuve from Guangxi, China (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Subterranean Biology, 8: 57–64. DOI: 10.3897/subtbiol.8.1232 Reference page. 
• Deuve, T. & Tian, M.-Y. 2011. Nouveaux Trechini et Tachyini des cavités souterraines de Chine méridionale (Coleoptera, Caraboidea). Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie (Nouvelle Série) 27(2) [2010-2011]: 99–108. Reference page. 
• Schmidt, J. & Tian, M.-Y. 2011. Three remarkable new Pterostichus species from Southern Tibet (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae: Pterostichini). Vernate 30: 175-181. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2012

• Tian, M.-Y., Deuve T, Felix R. (2012) Orthogonius species and diversity in Thailand (Coleoptera, Caraboidea, Orthogoniini), a result from the TIGER project. ZooKeys, 164: 51–90.
• Zhao, D. & Tian, M. 2012. Taxonomic notes on the Macrocheilus Hope (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Helluonini) from Oriental Region, with description of one new species from the Philippines. ZooKeys 228: 77–100. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.228.3401 Reference page. 

2013

• Tian, M.-Y. & Kirschenhofer, E. 2013. Two new species of the genus Orthogonius MACLEAY from Laos and Vietnam (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Orthogoniini). Koleopterologische rundschau 83: 1-6. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2014

• Tian, M.-Y. 2014. A new species of the subterranean genus Oodinotrechus Uéno, 1998, from northern Guangxi, China, with additions to the generic diagnosis (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechinae). Journal of natural history, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2014.908967 Reference page. 
• Tian, M. & Huang, S. 2014. Yunotrechus diannanensis n.gen., n.sp., the first troglobitic trechine (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from a tropical area of China. Annales de la Société entomologique de France (Nouvelle série) 50(3-4): 295–300. DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2014.984958 Reference page. 
• Liu, W., Golovatch, S.I. & Tian, M. 2014. A review of the dragon millipede genus Desmoxytes Chamberlin, 1923 in China, with descriptions of four new species (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae). ZooKeys 448: 9–26. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.448.8081 . Reference page. 

2015

• Deuve, T. & Tian, M.Y. 2015. Trois nouveaux Trechidae troglobies anophtalmes des karsts du Guizhou et du Zhejiang, en Chine (Coleoptera, Caraboidea). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 120(3): 397–402. Reference page. 
• Liu, W-X. & Tian, M-Y. 2015. Two new cave-dwelling species of the millipede genus Paracortina Wang & Zhang, 1993 from southern China (Diplopoda, Callipodida, Paracortinidae). Zookeys 517: 123–140. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.517.9949 Full article Reference page. 
• Liu, W-X. & Tian, M-Y. 2015. A checklist of millipede genus Hyleoglomeris Verhoeff, 1910 in mainland China, with descriptions of seven new species (Diplopoda, Glomerida, Glomeridae). Zootaxa 4032(1): 103–116. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4032.1.5. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Liu, W. & Tian, M. 2015. Occurrence of the millipede genus Piccola Attems, 1953 in China (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae). Zootaxa 3904(3): 403–408. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3904.3.5 Reference page. 
• Sun, F-F. & Tian, M-Y. 2015. First cavernicolous trechine beetle discovered in Guilin karst, northeastern Guangxi (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechinae). ZooKeys 545: 119-129. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.545.6111 Full article Reference page. 
• Wang, X-H., Pang, J-M. & Tian, M-Y. 2015. Second highly modified hypogean species of the genus Morimotoidius Habu from western Jiangxi Province, China, with a new locality for M. zhushandong (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Platynini). Zootaxa 4034(3): 587–593. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4034.3.10. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Tian, M. & Huang, S. & Wang, X. 2015. New cavernicolous trechine beetles from eastern Guizhou Province, China (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechinae). Journal of the Entomological Research Society 17(3): 25-37. online Reference page. 

2016

• Fang, J., Li, W-B., & Tian, M-Y. 2016. Occurrence of cavernicolous ground beetles in Anhui Province, eastern China (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechinae). ZooKeys 625: 99–110. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.625.9846. . Reference page. 
• Liu, W-X., Golovatch, S. & Tian, M-Y. 2016. Six new species of dragon millipedes, genus Desmoxytes Chamberlin, 1923, mostly from caves in China (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae). ZooKeys 577: 1–24. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.577.7825.Reference page. 
• Tian, M-Y. & Deuve, T. 2016. A review of the baconii species group of the termitophilous genus Orthogonius Macleay (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Orthogoniini). Zootaxa 4093(1): 118–126. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4093.1.7.Reference page. 
• Tian, M-Y. & Deuve, T. 2016. A review of the sarawakensis species group of the ground beetle genus Orthogonius MacLeay, 1825 (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Orthogoniini). ZooKeys 594: 99–110. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.594.8768 Reference page. 
• Tian, M. & Deuve, T. 2016. New and poorly known species of the termitophilous genus Orthogonius Macleay, 1825, from Vietnam (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Orthogoniini). Belgian Journal of Entomology 42: 1–19. PDF. Reference page. 
• Tian, M. & Deuve, T. 2016. Definition of the jianfengling species group of the ground beetle genus Orthogonius MacLeay (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Orthogoniini). ZooKeys 615: 95–117. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.615.9179 Reference page. 
• Tian, M-Y. & Deuve, T. 2016. Re-definition and review of the Oriental genus Hexachaetus Chaudoir, 1871 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Orthogoniini). Zootaxa 4169(3): 540–554. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4169.3.7. Reference page. 
• Tian, M-Y., Huang, S-B., Wang, X-H. & Tang, M-R. 2016. Contributions to the knowledge of subterranean trechine beetles in southern China’s karsts: five new genera (Insecta, Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechinae). ZooKeys 564: 121-156. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.564.6819.Reference page. 
• Zhao, D-Y. & Tian, M-Y. 2016. A new genus and species of troglobitic ground beetle from eastern Guizhou, Southwest China (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechinae). Zootaxa 4097(3): 434–441. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4097.3.11.Reference page. 

2017

• Chen, J-J., Tang, M-R., Yang, P-J. & Tian, M-Y. 2017. Contribution to the knowledge of the aphaenopsian genus Sinaphaenops Uéno et Wang, 1991 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechini). Zootaxa 4227(1): 106–118. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4227.1.6. Reference page. 
• Feng, B., Wei, G-F. & Tian, M-Y. 2017. A review of the cavernicolous genus Guiaphaenops Deuve, with the description of a new species (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechinae). ZooKeys 669: 53—63. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.669.12334. Reference page. 
• Liu, W-X., Golovatch, S. & Tian, M-Y. 2017. Three new cavernicolous species of the millipede genus Trichopeltis Pocock, 1894 from southern China (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Cryptodesmidae). ZooKeys 710: 1—14. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.710.20025. Reference page. 
• Liu, W-X, Wesener, T., Golovatch, S.I. & Tian, M-Y. 2017. Contributions to the millipede genus Nepalella Shear, 1979 from China, with four new species and first results on phylogeny based on DNA-barcoding (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Megalotylidae). Zootaxa 4243(3): 455–482. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4243.3.3. Reference page. 
• Tian, M-Y. 2017. A new highly cave-adapted trechine genus and species from northern Guizhou Province, China (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechinae). ZooKeys 643: 97-108. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.643.11050. Reference page. 
• Tian, M-Y., Huang, S-B. & Wang, D-M. 2017. Discovery of a most remarkable cave-specialized trechine beetle from southern China (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechinae). ZooKeys 725: 37-47. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.725.21040 Reference page. 
• Wei, G-F., Chen, J-J. & Tian, M-Y. 2017. A review of the aphaenopsian ground beetle genus Uenotrechus Deuve et Tian, 1999 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechinae). Zootaxa 4282(2): 361–379. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4282.2.9. Reference page. 

2018

• Tian, M-Y. & Huang, S-B. 2018. Contribution to the knowledge of the cavernicolous beetle genus Aspidaphaenops Uéno from Guizhou (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechinae). Zootaxa 4422(2): 244–258. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4422.2.5 Reference page. 
• Tian, M-Y., Huang, S-B. & Wang, D-M. 2018. Occurrence of hypogean trechine beetles in Hanzhong Tiankeng Cluster, southwestern Shaanxi, China (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechinae). Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.) 54(1): 81–87. DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2017.1417056 Reference page. 
• Yang, P-J., Huang, S-B. & Tian, M-Y. 2018. A contribution to Dongodytes (s. str.) Deuve, 1993 (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechinae). ZooKeys 772: 129–140. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.772.25803 Reference page. 

2019

• Deuve, T. & Tian, M.Y. 2019. Deux nouveaux Carabus L., 1758, du Guangdong et du Xinjiang (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Coléoptères 25(2): 9–14. PDF. Reference page. 
• Deuve, T. & Tian, M.Y. 2019. Description de Carabus jingliae n. sp., nouvelle espèce du Guangxi (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Coléoptères 25(4): 27–32. PDF. Reference page. 
• Tian, M.Y., Huang, S.B., Chen, M.Z. & Ding, K.J. 2019. Remarkable cave-adapted ground beetles of the tribe Pterostichini from China: a new subgenus and three new species (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.) 55(1): 1–16. DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2018.1546554. Reference page. 
• Huang, S., Tú, V.T., Phú, P.V, Tian, M.-Y. & Faille, A. 2019. Contributions to the knowledge of the genus Tonkinaphaenops DEUVE, 2013 from China and Vietnam (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechinae). Zootaxa 4701(1): 35–53. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4701.1.3 Reference page. 

2020

• Deuve, T. & Tian, M.Y. 2020. Descriptions de deux nouveaux Pseudocoptolabrus Reitter, 1896,du Sichuan méridional (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Coléoptères 26(2): 11–18. PDF. Reference page. 
• Huang, S.B., Tian, M.Y. & Faille, A. 2020. Three new species of the aphaenopsian trechine genus Pilosaphaenops Deuve & Tian, 2008 from South China Karst (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechinae). Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N. S.) 56(3): 203–214. DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2020.1771203. . Reference page. 
• Ma, Z.J., Huang, S.B. & Tian, M.Y. 2020. Two new species of cavernicolous trechines from central Guizhou and northwestern Guangxi, China (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechinae). Zootaxa 4861(4): 581–593. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4861.4.6. . Reference page. 
• Tian, M-Y. & He, Li 2020. A contribution to the knowledge of cavernicolous ground beetles from Sichuan Province, southwestern China (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechini, Platynini). ZooKeys, 1008: 61–91. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1008.61040 Reference page. 
• Tian, M-Y. & He, Li 2020a. New species and new record of cavernicolous ground beetles from Sichuan Province, China (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Pterostichini and Platynini). Zootaxa 4881(3): 545–558. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4881.3.7. . Reference page. 

2021

• Jia, He & Tian 2021. A new subgenus and three new cavernicolous species of the genus Pterostichus from China (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Pterostichini). Annales de la Société entomologique de France NS 57(4): 346-358. DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2021.1966320. Reference page. 
• Tian, M-Y., Cheng, G-Y. & Huang, S-B. 2021. A contribution to the knowledge of cave-adapted ground beetles from Guiyang, central Guizhou Province, southwestern China (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechini). Zookeys 1075ː 175–198. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1075.73318 Reference page. 
• Tian, M-Y., Huang, S-B., Jia, X-Y. & Zhao, Y. 2021. Two new genera and three new species of cavernicolous trechines from the western Wuling Mountains, China (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechinae). Zookeys 1059ː 57–78. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1059.70009 Reference page. 
• Tian, M.Y., Huang, S.B. & Ma, Z.J. 2021. Two remarkable new genera and species of cavernicolous ground beetles from Guizhou Province, southwestern China (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechinae). Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.) 57(2): 165-172. DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2021.1881917. . Reference page. 
• Huang, S.-B, Zhou, J.-J., Tian, M.-Y., Faille, A. 2021. Three new species of the subterranean genus Guiodytes from Guangxi, China (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Clivinini). European Journal of Taxonomy. 774(1): 135–154. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.774.1537 Reference page.